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Singer. Years active. 1953–2024. Member of. The Four Tops. Abdul Kareem " Duke " Fakir (December 26, 1935 – July 22, 2024) was an American singer. He co-founded the Motown quartet the Four Tops and performed in an ensemble under that name from 1953 until shortly before his death. He was the group's last surviving original member.
Four Tops discography. This is the discography of all the singles and albums released by Motown singing group the Four Tops . Throughout their career, 24 of their singles reached the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 with seven of them reaching the top ten and two reaching number one on the chart. An additional 21 songs have reached the UK Top 40 ...
Harold Bonhart. The Four Tops are an American vocal quartet from Detroit, Michigan. They were one of the most commercially successful American pop music groups of the 1960s and helped propel the Motown label to international fame. The group's repertoire has included aspects of soul, R&B, disco, adult contemporary, doo-wop, jazz, and show tunes .
The Four Tops (L-R): Lawrence Payton, Alexander Morris, Ronnie McNeir, and Abdul 'Duke' Fakir (Getty Images for The Recording Academy)
1953–2000, 2004. Labels. Motown. Levi Stubbs (born Levi Stubbles, June 6, 1936 – October 17, 2008) was an American baritone singer. He was best known as the lead vocalist of the R&B group the Four Tops, who released a variety of Motown hit records during the 1960s and 1970s. He was noted for his powerful, emotional, dramatic style of singing.
As a member of the Four Tops, Payton was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990, received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame shortly before his death in 1997, was posthumously inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1999, the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998, received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009, and was ranked at number 77 in the Billboard magazine Top 100 ...
Professional ratings. The Four Tops Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by the Four Tops, released in August 1967. It peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard albums chart in the United States, remaining on the chart for 73 weeks, and is the first Motown album to reach No. 1 in Britain. It spent one week at the top of the UK Albums Chart in 1968.
Four Tops singles chronology. "Ask the Lonely". (1965) " I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch) ". (1965) "It's the Same Old Song". (1965) " I Can't Help Myself " is a 1965 song recorded by the Four Tops for the Motown label. Written and produced by Motown's main production team Holland–Dozier–Holland, "I Can't Help Myself" is one of ...